The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-14

irm| per cents, ssi 4GlO. state Bonds dull
and steady.
Ala, Class ass lOss4 Nash & Chat - So
Ala, Glass b, IS -.1I.3s y. %. Pacific lists. IS
Georgia Is Network Centrl lls14
Georgia IS, mortle Nor'k 4 West pre- "a
" C., consd IS -Iz5lz Northern Pacifie. 2s4s
N e., cons a IS ~ NOrth'n Pac. pref ass
;. c. Brown con IOels Pacific Mall. ID
Tenn settletSs-- "a leading ...:, AS
Virginia consoid- So Rich. x Danville I50
Chesapeak n Ohio s1@ Rich. X West PIT Hss
Northwestern 800 1885 Rock Island. iz3
delaware & Laek-iszs ST Paul pref-d. Esas
East Tennessee EFs Tenn Coal * Iron NJ
Lake shore 94ss Union Pacific Ola
Louisville X Nash 6sS. New Jersey Cen -
Memphis Char * Missouri Pacific lde1s
Mobile \ ONO IL Western Union as
Cotton seed Oil Tr--
Foreign operators to-day were free sellers of
stocks purchased in the last few days Many
of the bull Leaders. who are not AYERS. To mod
crate reaction, aided the decline by hammering
several Of the specialties- The support re-
eeived by the market was obtained from the
covering in shorts and purchases by commits
sion houses Considerable resistance was given
to the decline by the strength in Jersey Cen
tral which attracted the most attention
throughout the day and at one time showed
an advance of +lsc- Different causes are
sscrbed for its strength, generally attributed TO
the manipulation of Insiders, though there are
evidences of a squeeze of the shorts which is
reported TO he very large especially i'm PhiIa-
deiphla- The movement in Manhattan il as
cribed "a the standard on party, the story in
the Board being that they were also Interested
in a movement in Jersey and Reading. Louis
vile and Nashville and Reading were sold very
Freely for foreign account, although the hqui-
dation extended Ia all the London favorites.
The Could stocks We're firm in the early part Of
the day, western Union being specially pronii-
nent.
The market opened with declines of q per
cent in Louisville and Nashville, and
further fractional losses were established in
the early dealings The market rallied quickly
however, under the lead of Western Union
and Wheeling and Lake Erie and the early
the market became comparatively quiet and
steady Jersey, Manhattan and New England
then became prominent for strength, the
erai market responding feebly. In the after
noon, however, the entire list declined under
persistent hammering, and with the exception
OF one slight rally, the weakness continued
until p IN when the lowest figures for the
rally in the last hour AMI the elise WAS moder-
ately active aud steady The total days bIisi-
iness was 5.9,t9
MANCHESTER, April I3-The Guardian says:
The market II Idle. Demand ~ light all round.
The weak point Is the continued slackness of
the Eastern demand. This H. attributed to the
recent fall in exchange. but il better described
weakness has made even sellers in
different to- the further hardening in the sIsecu-
iatiNe department of the cotton market. ship
pers are well supplied with raw material, and
in view of the fact that the business Of the
spinners and the manufacturers margins show
no proht, the opinion IL growing that the cot
ton market will now be left in the hands of the
speculative operators There il some CONT
mental inquiry for yarns, but owing to the
fiTmness OF prices business IL small Cloth il
inactive The Eastern demand il extremely
slow. Producers OF plain India fabrics are
occasionally anxious for orders for May de-
livery. They have "a large supply for June
There are few inquiries for China goods There
IL IA moderate demand for the favDrite makes
of printing cloth for South America and
other miner foreign outlets
NEW YORK, April ID Greene & Co.'S report
ON cotton futures says: There has not been
much of IA market to-day At the com mence-
ment matters looked fairly nrm. but slight
increase in Offering furnished NOR, of "A supply
than the position could exhaust. and under
this selling rates went off 6I. points At the
close, with reduced pressure, "A fractional re-
covery WAS noticeable, and stelidier To nine,
and. in fact, there WIS evidence of IA
riOtIsIy depressed feeling.
Cotton Net receipts -: gross, 5.404 Futures
closed steady; sales. sI1s; April, 10 tssBl0 81;
august, 10 Halo -; september. 10 4ssl 10 Al;
October, ~ U.Gl0 Us January, . 9ists9 ~
Cotton easy; sales, ~ Uplands, loss Or
leans, 10 ESl6; net receipts, 5i.2; exports to
Great britain, 3ss6. to- the Continent, 3,6ls;
stock, iS.S4-
LIVERPOOL April -. p. M Cotton -
April, Aprii-M May, . t26i, seller; May-June,
1904. buyer; June-July, ; 45-t54, value; July
August, . 4.-6i. seller, August-September, 3
t'-tSi, seller; Septembcr-Oetober,5 +l-6i, seller;
october-Noveinher, IiGi- seller Futures
closed weak
GALVESTON. April I3.-Cotton firm; mid
ding IOls net receipts, II /; gross, 81 sales,
,' s'oeN' 49, y 's'' -'-''-
NORFOLK, April l3-COttOn firm; mid
ding I0s5 net receipts IA bales; gross re-
ceipts al; stock, ID.s+s Sules, Ia, bales; eN-
ports cos,stwise, ts..
R,rr,vopF Anru II Cation o,,i,t. mil
,ti,,,r iis,". -, r.f,.i,,,. - ,,sI ian,
dlhE hp-s' net rtEeipts, 49, gross receipts,
d.,
BOSTON, Aprll L tOttoh steady; mIddilng,
lVt net receipts, ~; grusS receipts, IL Sales
none' stock, none; eXports To Great Britain, M.
WIIIMINGTON, April Is. = Cotton firm
mid.iIing IOI.: net receipts AZ QrSSs receipts
NJ sales none; stock 3:sts
pm ,pFtp,u. AnrI n Cation firm. mid
ding IOl1: net receipts. 49, gross receipts
ia. stock IA -; evnprts to Grsat Rrit,sin'
.5sss
Sy Al, =, co..o., a,. ,;.,
-, oAN N SAh, Hpru IS-L'o'toh hIih' Hiid-
,n! lot' nsa receipts 30; gross, 80 Sales
iof, s'ocA' ''''"' exports cosst"lse' 'u-
New ORLEANS, April B-Cotton firm; mid
+st sales, 3as stock 1871, dss}; exports To Great
Britain, Sfi; Ia the Continent, 3sl9; coastw ise,
MOBILE .priI I3-Cotton firm. mi.Idliny
IOIs; net receipts n; gross Receipts ~; sales
none; stock, 3:s.I exports coastwise, liz
Nrxpu,s .nrn "a Cnt,o, g,ea,I,-. ,,,i,,.u,,,,
ma M, shii Saea1Si iuahg
-, s sta >, pss -" shiplheh's' o'' safes
AUGUsrA. GA April H. - Cotton quiet:
mddling, los; net receipts, 81 shipments.
CHARLESTON, April I3-Cotton firm; mid
ding IOI,: net r,-,eipts M, gross r,.,ints ~
saies. =; Stock. s..i; expor to eos sp
cuc,oo ,nrn a-whsat Wa. mon. .o,,r.
10. rs 49, pr ~ ~, -. N.ia u"le ae,iNc
tb r rLns @ nm an &c ing
winter wheat sections. high barometer on the
Pacific Coast and very light offerings Fears
of manipulation made the operators inclined
to trade cautiously and on limited scale.
the market opened AT S'sc Tor May, and fell
on 10 S-ssc- onerings were light however,
and when The shorts attempted % cover il was
MS t i,.... ,Is ..e gu, lyr
~ =, ~ ~ @ 81, s,i1 "a, ~ ~ =. IN
~, - -, -, 80 - ~; ~. -, Jsa I ~" q s.rh'
=. guy r, ", i,,,., $50 ~ ~, ie is ~ 1851
az ~. StI .i,re po.'s az ~ ~,
III, ", n ~ wsrT sar'
sn "a ~ = ou7.i1l- NJ u Ppl.s'
fry of wheat ON ocean tass.,oe Iacre,,s.ad ts1 :
an bushels during the week
Speculative offerings in corn were very large